Tech Company Financing Transactions

SpikeSource Funding Round

SpikeSource, operating out of Redwood City, secured $12.9 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Volition Capital and Intel Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/27/2005
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$12,900,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Lead Investor) (Raymond Lane)

Volition Capital (Lead Investor) (David Power)

Intel Capital

Omidyar Network

Proceeds Purpose
SpikeSource will use the funding to ramp up operations, according to Nick Halsey, SpikeSource vice president of sales and marketing.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Software
Mailing Address
2000 Seaport Blvd. 2nd floor
Redwood City, CA 94063
USA
Email Address
Overview
SpikeSource is a software company which distributes, integrates, manages and supports open source solutions.
Profile
SpikeSource LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
SpikeSource Company Twitter Account
Company News
SpikeSource News
Facebook
SpikeSource on Facebook
YouTube
SpikeSource on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Shawn O'Neill
  Shawn O'Neill LinkedIn Profile  Shawn O'Neill Twitter Account  Shawn O'Neill News  Shawn O'Neill on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Prem Kumar
  Prem Kumar LinkedIn Profile  Prem Kumar Twitter Account  Prem Kumar News  Prem Kumar on Facebook


 

 

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